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It seems Father P. Robertson has returned to his favorite subject matter -- the devious homosexuals spreading ta AIDS. But this time he's taken it a step further. It seems Satan has instructed his legions of Sodomites to infect the unsuspecting heterosexual community via a secret decoder ring!

Of course none of you bothered to tell me about this ring. For twenty years I have been trying to usher in the apocalypse the old fashioned way by having sex with everyone I come into contact with. Frankly, I'm exhausted.

It would be funny, if it wasn't sad. There are many, who watch him and believe what he says. For the life of me, I don't understand why broadcast stations continue to carry his show. Well, money. But, none of us could buy airtime to give our views.

An AIDS ring? Is there an ugly creature that calls it "my precious?" I've watched some of those "protecting the president" shows on History, where some speculate whether someone could shake the president's hand, while wearing a ring that has a needle on it, to inject him with some kind of poison. Perhaps he fell asleep watching that show, and thought it was about the gays with AIDS.

It amazes me how local stations haven't been pressured to drop his show. It isn't just on the Christian Broadcasting Network. It is syndicated on local stations, in just about every TV market.

Can you imagine if Ellen, for example, said Christians use rings to deliver drugs to church members, in order to brainwash them? There would be speeches on the House floor, with calls for stations to drop her show. There would be boycotts of Warner Brothers, which produces and distributes her show. But, he seems to be able to say whatever he wants. Yes, he is ridiculed, but he hasn't suffered from having his show dropped. Is it because he is seen as an old man with dementia? "That's just nutty Pat?" Is it because stations worry dropping a "Christian" program would result in a huge backlash? I don't get it.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts